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UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858) UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1832-35 Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1830s
A o-tanzaku print of Yumiharizuki (Crescent Moon), from the series Comprising: one o-tanzaku print with a kyoka poem above flowering
Tsuki nijuhakkei (28 Views of the Moon), with a seven-character peonies and a peacock, one short o-tanzaku print of a Java sparrow
Chinese poetic couplet above a bow-shaped moon over a waterfall on a branch, two tanzaku-e prints with poetic verses, one of a
between two cliffs with a waterfall, published by Sanoya Kihei (Sanoki flowering morning glory vines, the other with a butterfly amid nadeshiko
han); signed Hiroshige hitsu (wild pinks), two quarter-block prints (harimaze fragments), the larger
15 x 6 3/4in (38.2 x 17.3cm) of a parrot perched on blossoming hydrangea, the other of a mandarin
duck in the snow; and an oban yoko-e print of an Ise ebi (crayfish) and
US$6,000 - 8,000 ama ebi (prawns), based on the series Uo-zukushi (All the Fishes); each
signed Hiroshige ga/hitsu [7]
13 1/8 x 4 5/8in (33.5 x 10.8cm) first print

US$1,200 - 2,000

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